Davis is open and ready to fish. Not many anglers up there yet, between the crappy weather this week and all... I would suggest an early season start near the lava and I'd fish balanced leeches and damsel nymphs.

Rough week of weather so far in the cascades, with snow at East Lake, and cold and wind at the lower lakes. That said, don't give up on the lakes. Fishing is good to great. East Lake is seeing good activity on the last callibaetis of the year, and leeches! Black ones. There are a … Continue reading Cascade Lakes report 10/6/16

The best callibaetis dry fly action of the season so far on my last 3 days up there. Good wind drifting with callibaetis nymphs on slow sink lines. Still doing well with Ants and Beetles. I had a friend take some fish on HOPPERS. Wow. I need to try that. As Fall weather is coming, … Continue reading East Lake report 9/6/16

Callibaetis and Chironomids are still good. Callibaetis hatches have been mostly early afternoon now, with spinner falls later in the morning. I'm still catching fish on Chironomids in deep water, typically 15 to 18 feet. Black #14 ice cream cones are my best pattern this season by a long shot. Leech patterns on type 3 … Continue reading East Lake report 8/26/16

We had some really good fishing on #16-18 red ice cream cones last week. There are still a bunch of damsels and callibaetis and callibaetis have been productive. Troy, one of our guides also had a really good session on small black leeches.

I had some really good days up there in the last week. One day was great on Black Chironomids (#12-14) in about 18 feet of water, and the other day was more callibaetis (nymphs, emergers!!! and some dries) The Harrop Captive Dun was getting confident takes when other flies were not even getting looks. Very … Continue reading East Lake fishing report 8/15/16

East- Callibaetis have been the best of the season for the last week or so. Seeing massive spinner falls in the morning about 8 to 10. Good fishing in the afternoon with occasional Callibaetis hatch but especially on ants and beetles. Chironomid bite is on and off. I've found #12-14 black pupa to be the … Continue reading Cascade Lakes fishing report 8/3/16

I was on the water all day again yesterday and saw the best callibaetis spinner fall so far this season about 9 to 10 AM near the East Lake CG ramp. Fish were on them but it was hard to match.... Seemed like the really lite color Harrop Biot Spinner or the Upright Rusty Spinner … Continue reading East Lake report 6/26/16

Yesterday we saw virtually zero hatch but did have 3 hours or more of very productive chironomid action using #10-12 Black ice cream cones in set 16 to 17 feet under the slip bobber in 18 feet of water. We also did some wind drifting on the east side of the lake and did well … Continue reading East Lake update 7/21/16

reports are coming in with good to very good fishing at Crane. Mostly on olive leeches and some on Damsels, Chironomids and Buggers. Fish are in the channels and in the shallow flats and bank lines. With the cooler summer and the bloom not as heavy the fishing has improved this week at Crane and … Continue reading Crane Prairie report 7/19/16